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MessageFormatter::parse

msgfmt_parse

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

MessageFormatter::parse -- msgfmt_parseParse input string according to pattern

Description

Object-oriented style

public MessageFormatter::parse(string $string): array|false

Procedural style

msgfmt_parse(MessageFormatter $formatter, string $string): array|false

Parses input string and return any extracted items as an array.

Parameters

formatter

The message formatter

string

The string to parse

Return Values

An array containing the items extracted, or false on error

Examples

Example #1 msgfmt_parse() example

<?php
$fmt
= msgfmt_create('en_US', "{0,number,integer} monkeys on {1,number,integer} trees make {2,number} monkeys per tree");
$res = msgfmt_parse($fmt, "4,560 monkeys on 123 trees make 37.073 monkeys per tree");
var_export($res);

$fmt = msgfmt_create('de', "{0,number,integer} Affen auf {1,number,integer} Bäumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum");
$res = msgfmt_parse($fmt, "4.560 Affen auf 123 Bäumen sind 37,073 Affen pro Baum");
var_export($res);
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
$fmt
= new MessageFormatter('en_US', "{0,number,integer} monkeys on {1,number,integer} trees make {2,number} monkeys per tree");
$res = $fmt->parse("4,560 monkeys on 123 trees make 37.073 monkeys per tree");
var_export($res);

$fmt = new MessageFormatter('de', "{0,number,integer} Affen auf {1,number,integer} Bäumen sind {2,number} Affen pro Baum");
$res = $fmt->parse("4.560 Affen auf 123 Bäumen sind 37,073 Affen pro Baum");
var_export($res);
?>

The above example will output:

array (
  0 => 4560,
  1 => 123,
  2 => 37.073,
)
array (
  0 => 4560,
  1 => 123,
  2 => 37.073,
)

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